National Conference President Farooq Abdullah (2R) with Vice President Omar Abdullah (R) after the party’s Legislature Party Meeting, at the headquarters Nawa e Subha in Srinagar, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. Omar Abdullah was elected as the leader of the Legislature Party. | Photo Credit: PTI The National Conference (NC) emerged as the single largest party … Read more
Supporters wave flags with images of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Amritsar. | Photo Credit: AFP In a democracy, electoral campaigns play a significant role in mobilizing the voters’ choices. Campaigning as a political strategy accomplishes three necessary tasks — it connects the parties and their leaders with the electorate; it … Read more
Close to 2 in 10 voters are of the view that in the last five years, no development has taken place in the country. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Development has consistently figured as a major consideration for Indians while deciding whom to vote in Lok Sabha elections. In 2014, two in 10 voters held … Read more
Independent India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. Three days after casting his vote for the 34th time, Negi died on November 5, 2022 at his home in Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh. He was 106. | Photo Credit: PTI It happens rarely in the electoral contests in a State that a … Read more
Independent India’s first voter Shyam Saran Negi in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. Three days after casting his vote for the 34th time, Negi died on November 5, 2022 at his home in Kalpa in Himachal Pradesh. He was 106. | Photo Credit: PTI It happens rarely in the electoral contests in a State that a … Read more